Final Go-Ahead For 600 New Homes

The building of 600 new homes on the edge of Market Harborough has moved a step closer, after planning bosses finally signed off the plan.

The site

They will go up on 88 acres of fields off Kettering Road at Clack Hill, stretching towards Braybrooke, together with a primary school, doctors surgery and community centre.

Improvements to the A6 junction on Clack Hill – an accident blackspot – will also take place with the likely installation of traffic lights.

Although planning permission was granted last year, it is only this week Harborough Council has issued a Decision Notice, after agreeing financial contributions the site owners will make towards services and amenities that will be impacted.